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AUGUSTUS 78 AD 25 August

The ground shook today. Father says I mustn't fret – the ground often trembles in Pompeii. He always says that. But when we got home I saw that the crack in the atrium wall had got bigger. I slipped in the tip of my finger and wiggled it around to show him. 'Yesterday, it did not go in at all,' I said.

'It's just a crack, Claudia,' Father told me. 'The house is not going to fall down!'

I do not know how Father is so sure. I am not!

  • Give two reasons why Claudia does not agree with his father.
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    Model Answer: The ground often trembles and the crack in the wall has got bigger making him think the house might fall down.